I love how "providing jobs" is now just carte blanche for doing damn near anything. "They run a successful business! So it's OK that they're doing everything within their power to corrupt the American political system and make sure their opinion matters more in the national discussion than the average citizens!"

Let's see, there's their efforts to prevent us from having single payer health care, their funding of climate change denialists, opposing the Affordable Care Act, giving money to the Tea Party, and opposing American workers right to organize.

jayhawk88:I love how "providing jobs" is now just carte blanche for doing damn near anything. "They run a successful business! So it's OK that they're doing everything within their power to corrupt the American political system and make sure their opinion matters more in the national discussion than the average citizens!"

If you're trying to rally the base, the bases have already been rallied. The right and left bases have been rallied," Manchin said. "It's us in the middle that have to start making something happen here in Washington to move this country forward."

You dont assume that the base is rilled up and is guaranteed to stay riled up. Expect Kochs, abortion, war on women, gay marriage to ebb and flow upwards until Nov and then maybe some peace an quite for 6 months until the next election cycle starts.

Sgt Otter:They're criticized for using their massive (inherited) wealth to unfairly and unethically influence elections. Many people are upset BECAUSE it's perfectly legal to do so.

But hey, you gave that strawman what for.

I wish there was a way to create the perfect Randian world to send them to but they'd go with nothing. I wonder if they really think they'd be where they are without that inheritance. I'd love to test it.